I am planning on making cupcakes for DDs birthday party. Partner wants me to make some with chocolate sauce in the middle, is this even possible! If it is, could I do it with packet mix cake! I am awful at cakes.
sclaredy_cat,
Oct 10, 12:04am
You could squirt ganache into the centre, anything more runny than that might seep through. If you have a piping bag and nozzle it's easy to poke it in the top and give a small squeeze. Can do the same with raspberry jam and lemon curd. Yum :)
obsidianwings,
Oct 10, 12:18am
Thanks I will look into how to make a ganaches. So I would just poke the nozzle in and give a bit of a squeeze and it would make room for itself! I don't know if that makes sense but can't think of a better way to word it.
guardy,
Oct 10, 12:26am
Another option would be to put a piece of caramello choc in the middle of each one.a bit easier.Near easter the little caramel eggs work well too.
sclaredy_cat,
Oct 10, 12:33am
Yep that's exactly right. I prefer to do it this way as less chance of explosions in the oven! And personally, sometimes I find chocolate sinks down and burns on the bottom. Just wait until they are cool before you try it otherwise the ganache will melt right in! I have also done this with the Highlanders caramel, and russian fudge that's still a bit runny (then they go in the fridge to set completely).you can decorate right over the top to disguise the hole. Good luck:)
kinna54,
Oct 10, 12:48am
Try this:Once again out comes the famous evorotorua cake:
I just made it recently as cupcakes for a friends birthday and dusted the top in an outer circle with icing sugar, piped a chocolate creamy butter icing on top, and placed a white chocolate heart on for decoration.
If you really want to insert caramel inside, place a piece of caramello choc inside the mixture, but this is such a beautiful moist cake it doesn't need it. And so easy: posting underneath:
kinna54,
Oct 10, 12:50am
Chocolate Yoghurt Banana Cake *An easy no fail recipe 2 cups sugar 200gms butter or margarine 3 cups self raising flour 2eggs 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup cocoa 1/4 tsp salt 2 mashed bananas 1+ 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup plain yoghurt 1 cup boiling water *add last*
Place all ingredients into a large bowl, pouring the boiling water over the butter or margarine to melt it. Mix all ingredients together to combine and that’s it! Pour into a largespring form tin, roasting dish or into muffin cups. Bake as a large cake for around 1hr 10mins, at 180c or in muffin cases 10-12 minutes.
*You can leave out the bananas if desired* You can also use flavoured berry yoghurt if desired.
Ice with chocolate butter icing. can also be split thru and filled with a choc creamicing, dust top with sifted icing sugar. *makes a large cake or around 25 large cup cakes* *Cake freezes well*
obsidianwings,
Oct 10, 12:52am
Thanks everyone, not sure which option I am going to use yet but at least I have some ideas now :)
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